Representing color gamuts in color charts

a color chart and color gamut technology, applied in the field of printing and displaying colors, can solve the problem that the color gamut of the computer display is typically larger than the one on the screen

Active Publication Date: 2010-01-05
ADOBE INC
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[0011]The invention can be implemented to realize one or more of the following advantages. Incorporating gamut identifiers into color charts gives designers a convenient way to see which colors can be faithfully reproduced by a device, and which colors will be adjusted by gamut mapping. If the gamut mapping rules are known, the designer can visually estimate what colors will look like after the mapping. By indicating different color gamuts in the chart, the same color chart can be used to select colors for

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[0017]A color chart is a visual representation of a color space, in which color samples are arranged to represent the distribution of colors in the color space. The color samples are arranged on the color chart so that each color sample can be individually addressed, for example, by color identifiers associated with the color samples. The color identifiers uniquely identify the color represented by the corresponding color sample. According to one aspect of the invention, a color chart can include a gamut identifier that identifies a color gamut relative to the color samples. For example, a gamut identifier can indicate which colors in the chart can be faithfully reproduced by a printing device on a particular medium.

[0018]FIG. 1 shows an exemplary color chart 100 according to one implementation of the invention. The color chart 100 includes an arrangement 110 of color samples 110 / 1-110 / N and corresponding color identifiers 120 / 1-120 / N. The color chart 100 also includes a gamut ident...

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Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for presenting color samples in a color chart. The color chart includes an arrangement of multiple color samples that include colored areas representing colors in a color space. Color samples in the arrangement are associated with one or more color identifiers that uniquely identify the colors represented by the corresponding color samples. A gamut identifier identifies a color gamut relative to the colors represented by the color samples in the arrangement. A gamut mapping is provided to map a color from outside the color gamut to a color inside the color gamut.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to printing and displaying colors.[0002]Typical printing and display devices can reproduce only a limited set of colors. The range of colors that can be faithfully reproduced by a particular display device or by a particular printing device on a particular printing medium is called a color gamut: the larger the gamut, the more colors can be reproduced. For example, glossy paper has a larger gamut than plain paper, because there are bright colors that can be printed on the glossy paper but not on the plain paper. Also, computer displays have typically larger color gamut than simple printers. To represent colors that are outside of the color gamut, a color device can use gamut mappings that map colors from outside to colors inside the gamut.[0003]Designers use color charts to select colors for designing materials. Color charts can be device dependent or device independent. Device dependent charts present color samples that...

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IPC IPC(8): G09G5/02
CPCG01J3/52H04N1/6058
Inventor REES, CLIVE M.
Owner ADOBE INC
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